Enies Lobby

An uninhabited deserted island.

The Turkey Pirates, having narrowly escaped death, were resting and recuperating here.

Edwards and his men had struck it lucky, escaping the attack of that whale, Laboon.

Faced with these fortunate fellows who knew how to take advice.

Roy directly brought the pirates under his command.

After all, Roy was rather superstitious about luck.

Whether it was his transmigration or the Luck-Luck Fruit in the world of the Pirate King.

In short, all of it proved that luck truly existed in the world of the Pirate King, so Roy had always valued lucky people highly.

Thus, the fortunate Turkey Pirates became the first pirate force directly under Roy's command.

Bruno naturally turned a blind eye to this.

After all, such things were not uncommon within the World Government.

Since ancient times, collusion between officials and bandits had been commonplace.

Not colluding would have been the unusual thing.

The Turkey Pirates gathered supplies for their upcoming voyage on the deserted island.

Meanwhile, on the sea some distance away from the island.

Unlike the bright sunshine over the deserted island.

The skies above that stretch of sea were blanketed by dark clouds.

Boom!

A hailstone falling from the sky smashed a depression into the flat sea.

As rain and enormous hailstones continuously fell from the heavens and pounded the ocean.

Anyone looking up at the sky at that moment would have been astonished to discover.

That amid those gloomy clouds, which seemed ready to press down upon the world.

A giant formed from dark clouds was standing within them.

Massive amounts of hail constantly fell from the Cloud Giant's body.

Then, as the Cloud Giant in the sky moved its body as though it possessed a will of its own, it suddenly dove downward.

Boom!

The Cloud Giant, nearly larger than an island, crashed directly into the sea, raising a black wave formed from dark clouds.

Roy accepted the umbrella Edwards handed him from nearby.

He looked at the figure in the sky, like some demon god.

No one knew how many times Roy had already displayed his abilities.

Everyone around him swallowed hard.

Sure enough, no matter how many times they witnessed such an apocalyptic scene, it remained shocking.

"Just as expected of Lord Roy! Compared to a Marine Admiral, his combat strength probably wouldn't be much inferior, right?"

As the Cloud Giant in the sky gradually dissipated, a cluster of clouds floated toward the deserted island.

When Roy manifested his body in midair, he accepted the hot towel Edwards offered him.

"Still not enough! Generating lightning within dark clouds is simply too difficult. It seems I need a deeper understanding of the fruit's abilities."

According to Roy's expectations, the collision of positive and negative charges within dark clouds should produce thunder in the sky.

But when he actually tried it, he discovered just how difficult it truly was.

He raised his hand and looked at the misty clouds dancing around his fingertips.

"My abilities still need further training. It looks like I need to make a trip to Sky Island soon."

Ordinary clouds alone posed no great threat to top-tier experts.

The sea of clouds in the sky, formed from Seastone particles and water vapor.

That was the indispensable weapon for developing the Cloud-Cloud Fruit.

Moreover, Sky Island possessed its own unique culture, where different clouds had different uses.

Those would be an important direction and reference for Roy's future development of his abilities.

Besides, Roy had long coveted those floating cloud islands capable of carrying things.

Although Enel in the sky was a major threat, everyone knew there was more than one cloud island in the sea.

Therefore, Roy did not intend to clash with Enel anytime soon. He planned to find a relatively barren cloud island, occupy it, then use his abilities to control and develop it.

That was Roy's short-term plan.

Of course, Roy was certain to claim the territory ruled by Enel, whether it was that vast expanse of cloud islands or the Gold City hidden within the sea of clouds.

Neither was something Roy could possibly let go of, but for the time being, he did not want to collide with that lunatic Enel.

The more one came into contact with Logia Devil Fruits, the more one could sense the terrifying power contained within them. Thinking of the Lightning Fruit, known as the strongest among Logias.

Roy felt that, with his current strength, he did not have absolute confidence in taking Enel down directly.

There was no helping it. It was a top-tier Devil Fruit said to possess both speed and attack power.

In Roy's view, in the current world, aside from Kaido and Kizaru, perhaps only they could defeat Enel.

As for the other powerful figures, Enel might not be able to win in a direct confrontation, but if he wanted to flee, probably no one could do anything to him.

The reason Monkey D. Luffy could defeat him, in Roy's opinion, was entirely due to the Child of Destiny's plot armor.

Roy tossed the towel in his hand toward Edwards, who was acting as a waiter beside him.

"Bruno, it's about time. We should head back.

If we keep skipping work, that bastard Spandam will probably lose his mind again!"

He stretched toward the sea, whose ripples had yet to subside.

Bruno's gaze toward Roy grew ever more reverent.

The strong held the right to speak on the sea, and worshipping strength never went out of fashion there.

Roy had directly conquered Bruno with his strength.

Compared to Spandam, that superior who had gotten his position through connections and possessed an utterly foul personality.

Roy had also gotten in through connections, but his strength had genuinely won over Bruno, a member of CP9.

After Roy returned, the members of the Turkey Pirates accelerated their search for daily necessities and their modifications to the pirate ship.

Once fresh water, fruit, and other voyage supplies had all been loaded into the hold.

The pirate ship moored beside the deserted island, now sporting a changed appearance, sailed directly toward Enies Lobby.

"Finally back. This trip exhausted me to death."

He looked at the island ahead, which seemed to float upon the sea.

Its white buildings and the beautiful sunlight above made it seem like a sacred paradise.

"B-Boss, is this... is this Enies Lobby?"

The lackeys beside Edwards looked at Enies Lobby, their legs trembling slightly.

Clearly, to Roy.

The Enies Lobby before him was a beautiful workplace with fine scenery.

But to the members of the Turkey Pirates, Enies Lobby was simply a hellish place, without equal.

There was no helping it. They were pirates, after all!

After all, behind Enies Lobby lay Impel Down, the great prison renowned throughout the world.

In a place like that, even the toughest criminals would surely find their legs going weak.